I am disappointed in the university’s response to unionization efforts by PLU contingent faculty. Given PLU 2020’s emphasis on an intensified university commitment to diversity, justice and sustainability, the administration’s recent efforts to block a union vote seem especially ironic.
The right to unionize is guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...

By Taylor Lunka, News Writer
Empty rooms, bare sidewalks and vacant buildings sit where local businesses used to serve the Parkland community on Garfield Street.
These businesses moved out almost a year ago due to the Garfield Station construction that was supposed to begin in January 2013.
Kirk Rector, president and co-owner of Affinity Investments, said the construction...